In 1983, Southwest Airlines Captain Dick East (now retired), who had recently lost his young daughter to cancer, took a couple of his fellow Pilots, who were "overnighting" in Houston, to visit families at the local Ronald McDonald House.  At the time, we only had one Crew Base (located in Dallas), so we had a lot of Pilots and Flight Attendants overnighting in Houston.

LUV Classic golf tournament and party along with a landmark donation to the Ronald McDonald Houses over the past 23 years.

I was convinced the Easter Bunny had visited our Dallas Headquarters early this year when I walked into the lobby on Tuesday and saw rows and rows of pink, purple, green and yellow Easter baskets.  Of course I inquired (thinking wow, this would be a great story for the blog!).

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Our Headquarters Reservations and SOS serve up Thanksgiving dinner at the Dallas Ronald McDonald House where our Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Gary Kelly carved the turkey.

For 25 years Southwest Airlines has graciously given their support to The Ronald McDonald Houses and has just passed the $10 million mark in donations to the charity.  Thanksgiving is a special time of the year when Southwest Employees give their time to serve a great Thanksgiving meal.